Archive for July, 2009
Summer School: Chinese Art Books
By Emily Waldorf If you are an art history student or simply an aficionado of Chinese art, there is no time like the present to brush up on the basics, particularly in the area of Chinese painting, where memorizing the rich history, artist names, and iconic scroll paintings is crucial for a more critical understanding. […]
Filed under: Asian Art, books, collecting, decoration, education, Uncategorized | 8 Comments
Tags: Art and China's Revolution, Asia Society, Chinese calligraphy, Chinese paintings, David Sensabaugh, how to read Chinese paintings, Maxwell K. Hearn, Melissa Chiu, The Last Emperor's Collection, Willow Chang, Yang Renkai, Zheng Shengtian
Art or Ad or What? Lynda Benglis’ Photograph Caused a Lot of Fuss (NY Times) Stripping Away the Darkness as Murals Are Reborn at Rockefeller Plaza (NY Times) A Career Woman’s Short but Sweet Career in the 17th Century (NY Times) The Hand and Eye of Genius: Frank Lloyd Wright (WSJ) Lehman Mounts Art Bargain […]
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Tags: benefit, Bourgeois, Bravo, English database, film program, Frank Lloyd Wright, LACMA, Lehman, Lehman Brothers, Lichtenstein, Louvre, Lynda Benglis, murals, party pics, Rockefeller Plaza, untitled art project, Watermill
by Emily Waldorf Sterile glass and concrete cubes are the first thing that come to mind when thinking of typical spaces for exhibiting contemporary art. This is not the case in Paris, where contemporary art exhibitions are often displayed in classical hôtels particuliers alongside paintings and sculpture that spans the centuries. A hôtel particulier is […]
Filed under: contemporary art, decoration, design, museums, Paris, travel | 4 Comments
Tags: best Paris museums, Confess all on video, Daniel Buren, Gillian Wearing, Hotel Salé, La Coupure, musée Cognacq-Jay, musée Jacquemart-André, musée Maillol, musée Picasso, musée Rodin, Paris, Paris museum gems, Picasso Museum, Rodin museum, Secrets and Lies, small Paris museums, Trauma
Gourmet Paris, the Remix
By Emily Waldorf Many people have preconceived notions about French food. They think it is too rich, too precious, and served by rude waiters that present them with a heart palpitatingly expensive bill, when they really would have rather had Italian. Members of the anti-French cuisine camp have most likely either fallen prey to tourist traps […]
Filed under: epicurean, Paris, reviews, travel | 43 Comments
Tags: Fauchon, gourmand, Grande Epicerie du Bon Marche, Hediard, L, L'As du Fallafel, L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon, Le Timbre, Paris, Patricia Wells, Pierre Herme, rue des Rosiers, top places to eat, top restaurants, Ze Kitchen Galerie
By Emily Waldorf Did you know that you can get into Los Angeles museums for free on certain days? Mike Boehm wrote the definitive guide in The Los Angeles Times, that breaks it all down for the budget conscious culture-seeker. Hammer Museum is free on Thursdays Huntington Museum, Library, and Botanical Gardens are free the first […]
Filed under: education, museums | 3 Comments
Tags: entry, Fisher Museum, free, Getty Museum, Getty Villa, Huntington Gardens, Huntington Library, Huntington Museum, LACMA, museum, Museum of Latin American Art, Norton Simon, Orange County Museum of Art, recessionista, USC
An Offering Fit for the Emperors (NY Times) Femininity Salvaged: Lillian Bassman’s Photographs (NY Times) Hundreds Try Out for Art-World Reality Show (NY Times) Modern Maison de Verre in Paris (WSJ) Banksy Works Vanish From Auctions As Demands Drop for Urban Art (Bloomberg) Watts Towers Restoration (ARTINFO) Party Pics: Chinatown Art Walk (ARTINFO) Party Pics: […]
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Tags: Art Walk, art world reality show, Banksy, Chinatown, Lillian Bassman, Los Angeles, Los Angeles gallery openings, Maison de Verre, Paris, restoration, Sarah Jessica Parker, urban art, Watts Towers
Koons and a Sailor Man in London (NY Times) Sketch to Stage: Modern Designs for Theater and Opera at Morgan Library (NY Times) Artist Dash Snow Dead of Drug Overdose (ARTINFO) Decoration, Trompe l’Oeil, and Soft Porn at ArtHamptons (ARTINFO) Bon Jovi, ‘Real Housewives,’ Few Buyers Attend ArtHamptons (Bloomberg) Art Dealer Lawrence Salander Indicted for […]
Filed under: celebs, collecting, contemporary art, design, galleries, London, museums, New York, party pics | 6 Comments
Tags: ArtHamptons, Black Acid Co-op, Bon Jovi, Chelsea, Dash Snow, Deitch Projects, drug overdose, Jeff Koons, Lawrence Salander, Morgan Library and Museum, opera, Real Housewives, Serpentine, theater
By Emily Waldorf In Ron Winslow’s article, In Search of the Science Behind the Healing Powers of Art, in the Wall Street Journal, he examines the inspiring story of heart transplant patient Julia Strecher, who started to write poems and stories to relieve her pain as well as violent nightmares that she was having a heart […]
Filed under: art services, artist projects, contemporary art, education | 19 Comments
Tags: American Art Therapy Association, Art for Healing Foundation, art therapy, Foundation for Art and Healing, International Art Therapy, Survivors Art Foundation
Art Imitating Lunch at the Venice Biennale (NY Times) ArtHamptons: Twice As Much Art as Last Year (NY Times) Where Art Meets Social Networking Sites (NY Times) Live-Tweeting from “Summer Scoops Live”: Cai Guo-Qiang and Shen Wei (WSJ) Michael Jackson Portrait by Warhol Offered for $800,000 Minimum (Bloomberg) Sarah Jessica Parker on Bringing Art to […]
Filed under: art fairs, Beijing, celebs, collecting, contemporary art, London, New York, party pics | 1 Comment
Tags: Andy Warhol, art, ArtHamptons, Black Acid Co-op, Cai Guo-Qiang, Deitch Projects, Gareth Harris, Grosvenor, Jeff Koons, live-tweeting, Michael Jackson, OCMA, Sarah Jessica Parker, Serpentine, Shen Wei, social networking, The Moving Image, Twitter, Venice Biennale